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By Murtadha Faraj Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 40 Issue 3 Autumn 2019 The decades-old hostility between the United States and Iran escalated when U.S. President Donald Trump decided to unilaterally withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA) and reimpose sanctions on Iran in May 2018. Iraq has political, economic, and security ties …

Combating War Crimes Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 40 Issue 1 Spring 2019 “Both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, war crimes. Denis Mukwege is the helper who has devoted his life to defending these victims. Nadia Murad is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others. Each of them in …

By Philip MacFie The Canadian government has decided to remove its F-18 fighter jets from Iraq and make a different contribution to the coalition against ISIS. Policymakers have offered the public and international partners a rationale for the transition, but is this line of reasoning adequate? The government’s position The Liberal Party platform for the 2015 federal election promised: “We …

Author John Siebert Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 35 Issue 4 Winter 2014 Canada’s contribution to peace in Iraq and Syria and the challenge of Islamic State On October 3, 2014 a statement was sent by Project Ploughshares to the Government of Canada and parliamentarians on the proposed military mission to Iraq. Entitled “Short-term gain for long-term pain—Canada’s challenge …

By John Siebert October 3 The expressed desire by Canada to act forthrightly and without ambiguity in the face of Islamic State (IS) atrocities is understandable. But 13 years after the horrific assaults of 9/11 we have enough experience with military interventions intended to combat terrorism to give us pause. A military response to a non-state group using terror to …

Author Lynne Griffiths-Fulton The Ploughshares Monitor Autumn 2004 Volume 25 Issue 3 In the Autumn 2003 issue of The Ploughshares Monitor, David Jackman wrote about the devastating effects that small arms were having on Iraq. Now, over a year later, the problems have worsened, with small arms continuing to kill and maim people on a daily basis. Drive-by shootings and rocket-propelled …

Author Bill Janzen The Ploughshares Monitor Winter 2003 Volume 24 Issue 4 Bill Janzen is the director of the Ottawa Office of Mennonite Central Committee Canada and a member of the Project Ploughshares board. He visited Iraq in 1994, 1999, and in September of 2003. As I read the daily reports about the bombings and the growing resistance in Iraq, I …

Author David Jackman The Ploughshares Monitor Autumn 2003 Volume 24 Issue 3 David Jackman is a private consultant on peacebuilding, small arms control and conflict management. In 2002 he served as Quaker Associate Regional Representative in the Middle East. He remains actively involved in small arms issues in the region. This article is based on a paper presented at the conference …

Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2003 Volume 24 Issue 2 In January 2003 we issued a statement, Prepare for Peace in Iraq, with the Canadian Council of Churches and Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives. In rejecting the resort to war, the statement did not claim that easy solutions were available. “We know,” the signatories said, “that simply avoiding war will …